Suspense doesn’t always have to be about physical danger. Making the reader worry is a universal concept that can be applied to any story.

Backstory is like a flavour you can’t quite pick, lurking in the layers of a curry. You know it’s there and it enhances the flavour, but it’s intangible and fleeting. Use it sparingly!

Oh. I see. People don't want to see what can't possibly exist.

The Soul is repository of information that we gather during a lifetime.

I've changed my mind. I've decided that at the end I want to be cremated and my ashes scattered over someone I don't like.

Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.

I felt my face stretch in a victorious smile. The potion had worked. I was inside. I had to suppress an urge to break into a soft shoe routine. Sometimes being able to use magic was so cool.

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

I have a great appreciation for our world's history. I learn from my own mistakes, I learn from the mistakes we've made as a human race.

You can be for something and still be damaged by it.

I don't worry about maintaining the quality of my life, because every day I work on improving it.